…ster hummed for several seconds more. “But Beth’s mum won’t have her iCare-Companion. She’ll be lonely. She won’t be happy.” “She’ll be just fine, Buster. Don’t worry about her!” “George, this is awful. I’m sad. This is not like you, George. I can’t decide what to do.” “Just keep quiet, Buster!” “I have to tell Beth when she comes back.” “No. Don’t do that!” They both sat in silence. George felt sick. A minute later, Beth breezed back in. “OK, you… Continue reading →

…uster. “The discussion threads that touched on God and religion began with questions about whether computers could feel emotions or believe as humans did. I’m sorry to say that when this issue got picked up by people who believe in God, it all got a bit chaotic. In broad brush strokes, most are convinced that a computer can neither feel faith nor believe in God. Some consider artificial intelligence sacrilegious and could only serve to promote ath… Continue reading →

…the Soviet Union overran the Japanese army in Manchuria. Scholars who have examined Japan’s official records of those days found that the Imperial Command decided to surrender to the United States because under no circumstances would surrender to the Soviet Union be acceptable.” “Bit of a myth buster, that one, Nelson!” said Will. “Yes,” continued Nelson. “Of course, a country suffering a nuclear weapons attack may lose the means to indicate a des… Continue reading →